ERP Usage in Practice: An Empirical Investigation

Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ)

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-42

  Jones, Mary C ^a   Young, Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

enterprise IS; enterprise resource planning; organizational impacts

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE IS; ERP USAGE; ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACTS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 33645513753     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 15337979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2006010102     Document Type: Article

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